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NEW Rk: 



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most desirable; 



singularlIX 



center of leaf rt.^. ^j^gj^^^^titul v by a band of silvery 

 white; edge ruflleci, , g^^^-rov^sautiful red color. Price, 



each, 25c. 



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NEW REX BEGONir-MADAiVI TREYVE. 



AN exceedingly pretty and distinctly npright growing kind. 

 A broad zone of green, bordered by a narrow edge 

 of brownish plum color, encircles each leaf. Price, 

 each, 25c. 



3 



A very desirable variety. Foliage a metallic steel color and 

 glossy. Price each, 25 cents. 



REX8E 



N. B.— We have a very extensive assortment of varieties of 

 earlier introductions, but all selected and excellent. Our 

 limited space does not permit us to catalogue them by name, 

 but any one wishing a collection, and entrusting us with the 

 selection will, we feel safe in saying, be entirely satisfied with 

 what they receive. Price each, 25 cts. Per doz.; $2.50. 



TUBEROUS-BOOTED BE80NIA. 



TUBEROUS-ROOTED BEGONIAS. 



EVERY succeeding j^ear, as this class of Begonias becomes better known, the de- 

 mand for them keeps increasing. All the varieties are beautiful, many of them 

 charming. The flowers of all of them are much larger than those produced by 

 any of the other sorts; and some of them bear flowers of an almost incredible size. Not 

 unfrequently we see them four inches in diameter. Furthermore, the numerous varie- 

 ties produce many colors, varying through all the shades of crimson, scarlet, orange 

 and yellow, and many are pure white. They are readily raised from seed, the young 

 plants soon forming bulbs or rather tubers, which annually alternately become dor- 

 mant and push into growth, perpetuating the plant for an indefinite number of years. 

 Seeds should be sown early in spring and will produce flowering plants the same 

 season. As growth ceases, gradually dry off the plants until the foliage and branches 

 are decayed. Keep the bulbs perfectly dry until early the following season, when 

 again pot and start them. We have a very fine assortment of large tubers, of many 

 very choice varieties and colors, which we offer as follows: 



Single, all colors mixed, each 15 cts.; per doz .$1.50 



Single, in colors, scarlet, white, salmon, rose, pink, crimson, 



■ yellow, each 20 cts. ; per doz 2 . 00 



Double, all colors mixed, each 35 cts. ; per doz 3 . 50 



"Ngw Flo-wering F'rencli Ifarietics. 



TTTHE most effective arrangements imaginable in lawn or flower-garden embel- 

 ^1® lishment are accomplished by the judicious use of Cannas, whose varied 

 colored, large and luxuriant foliage lend a tropical air to the surroundings. A single 

 plant in the center of a bed of other plants is always effective; but a bed, especially 

 if it be a large one, filled with these plants alone, using a variety of them and con- 

 trasting their varied colored foliage, is a most charming sight. The effect is 

 heightened by planting around them a rov/ or perhaps two of Caladium Esculen- 

 tum. Hitherto we have been contented with the effects produced by the foliage 

 alone, placing but little value on the flowers. But now we have an entirely new 

 class of these plants, combining with the splendid foliage peculiar to their famil\ , 

 flowers of such wondrous beauty as to rival those of the handsomest Gladioli whicli 

 they resemble very much in form. These flowers are produced in great cluster.s 

 throughout the entire summer. More than that, if the plants are taken up care- 

 fully in fall they will bloom quite as freely all winter. They are certainly a great 

 acquisition. 



We have a large assortment of the leading varieties producing according to 

 their kinds, red, crimson, yellow, orange, striped and many tinted Diossoms. Price, 

 each, 30 cts.; 3 for 75 cts.; per doz., $3.00. 



General Collection of Older Sorts. 



In variety, price each, 25 cts.; per doz., $2,50. 



Double, in colors, rose, white, crimson, scarlet, yellow, sal- 

 mon, each 50 cts.; i)er doz . . .$5.00 



Plants of the several kinds in all stages of growth, in pots, 

 25 cts. to $1.00 each. 



